Only for, you talked earlier about being computer. Too computer organized or whatever. Just to know the skill level that they need. Or that any department needs. Not that you have to know it in depth, but at least a broad view of oh, I understand what you’re dealing with. Read More
What do you mean by that?… Read More
Does that make sense to you?… Read More
What skillset would you say a zoo director needs today as compared to when you started?… Read More
Hmm. Probably some more technological type things. To be just aware of what your curators are doing. And should be involved in. So much of it is more just managing the parts. And just to know some of the, not just the animal stuff, but the management parts and the… Read More
Then trust them to do their job. When you say know what your curators are doing. Read More
What made me a good zoo director?… Read More
If you can put your foot forward and say I’m doing the best I can, I researched it, I got as much information as I could and this is what we’re gonna do and feel confident about it, then don’t worry about what people are saying. Don’t go home and… Read More
I think open-minded. Patience. And flexibility. You may think you know what you want to do, but you have to go with the flow on some things. Things I wish I had done better would’ve been. Letting things roll off my back more. Not taking things personally. Not worrying about… Read More
But if you even make an interactive sign. Maybe that’s something that would, you know, encourage them to get more involved. It’s playing tricks with whatever it is you think that age group, that person is gonna be enticed by. But to me it’s always been people to people. That… Read More
Besides just graphics. And again, I always go back to. It’s time and money intensive, but the one-on-ones are the ones that make more… I think that they’ve done more studies with. Make more connection with people. You know, it takes a person talking to another person. And answering questions… Read More
What made you a good zoo director?… Read More
That you’ve seen before. Ways of interpreting their collections to the visitors. I’m not sure where you’re going with that one. Well you mentioned graphics as one thing. Read More
What areas of development, in the ways you talked about education, the way zoos have interpreted their collections to visitors, that you have felt have been strong?… Read More
Are there other ways that a zoo can interpret this collection to the visitors that come there every day and get a message, maybe a conservation message across?… Read More
Only if we wanted to house anything bigger. And so I mean we had to divide or, you know, try to get some more space through the park district so that we could expand. So yeah, I mean it was to a certain degree, but not everybody has to be,… Read More
We talked about sister zoo relationship. The Adopt-a-Park, a national park, concept seemed like a natural for zoos to assist the wild. Read More
Why do you think zoos have not picked up on the challenge in more numbers?… Read More
Other priorities. I think zoos have to think bigger sometimes too. Out of our scope and know that we’re not the be-all end-all. That there’s other organizations, other things we can partner with. To work together. And again, it’s gonna take communications to get somebody to buy in and work… Read More
So you look at it from different perspectives I guess. Part of it’s the entertainment. Part of it’s just the connection. If you don’t have the connection, you don’t have anything. So I don’t think they’re keeping their… It’s not their job. I mean they can sit there and look… Read More